How does moving in day work? (embarrasing parents)

Anyone have any experience of this?

Get your parents to go to the supermarket for you while you're meeting your flatmates. Not everyone will arrive at the same time, though, so they may not be there. Play it by ear. Most people will be saying goodbye to their parents in some way or other and it'll be potentially awkward for some, but no one will notice because they'll have their own hang ups to deal with. You'll have a whole year to get to know your flatmates and just one day to say goodbye to the parents who've brought you up to this point, so be sensitive to the fact that it might be difficult for them too.

Really, don't sweat about it - everyone brings embarrassing parents to University! It gives you an ice-breaker conversation in the evening with your flat mates - you can compare Dads' jumpers, or Mum's fussing over the cleanliness of the kitchen etc. Everyone will be nervous and on edge about the move, the flatmates, the course, being liked etc etc, just some will be better at hiding certain things.

Shops etc will open more or less the same hours and sell more or less the same things they do in your home tow,, surprisingly! Maybe use a shopping trip as a first excuse to go out and explore with a new flatmate?

Keep onside with your parents while they are there - they probably did a lot to get you to uni, and they will be going back to an emptier home, while you'll be preparing to have the time of your life for the next 3 years. And if your Dad does wear a Fair Isle jumper and sandals, no-one will remember anything by the end of Freshers Week anyway.

Hello, I'm pretty excited for University, although I'm pretty nervous too but I'm sure that's normal. I was just wondering how moving in day works at University? My moving in time slot is 11-1 and my mum and dad will be moving me in. I'm going up via train and will be getting to the University at 11:30, so won't have any time do go to a supermarket before whilst I'm up there and have no time the day before, either. Should I go to the supermarket with my parents after I'm all set up, or should I hang around the flat and meet my flatmates properly? I'll obviously be with them for the rest of the day, but should I avoid leaving the flat without them, especially for the first day? Also, when meeting my flatmates, will parents be awkwardly hanging around in the communal area for ages? It'd be a lot easier meeting them without our parents hanging around, especially when mine can be quite embarrassing! Haha. Thanks

Let's all give our embarrassing parent stories a whirl, shall we? When my parents came to collect me from university at the end of the first term they were sitting in my room, meeting the boyfriend for the first time. The unmistakable sounds of the girl next door having rather enthusiastic sex suddenly came through the wall, prompting my mother to ask what the sound was. When I said it was the girl next door, she then went on to ask what she was doing. The boyfriend was almost climbing out of the window in embarrassment. I still cringe, and just for context, that was 36 years ago and I still can't get over her naivety.

ROFL priceless

Mind you had it occurred to you she might just have been a bit mischievous and knew full well what was going on? That's the kind of evil trick I might play

Get your parents to go to the supermarket for you while you're meeting your flatmates. Not everyone will arrive at the same time, though, so they may not be there. Play it by ear. Most people will be saying goodbye to their parents in some way or other and it'll be potentially awkward for some, but no one will notice because they'll have their own hang ups to deal with. You'll have a whole year to get to know your flatmates and just one day to say goodbye to the parents who've brought you up to this point, so be sensitive to the fact that it might be difficult for them too.

I feel quite sorry for my mum though, I'm her last child at home and I know she's going to be really emotional